{"id":905,"date":"2009-02-04T06:30:36","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T10:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=905"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:52:31","slug":"i-am-culture-creative-hear-me-roar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2009\/02\/04\/i-am-culture-creative-hear-me-roar\/","title":{"rendered":"I am Culture Creative, Hear Me Roar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone frame size-full wp-image-14\" title=\"Mouse Cheese Cultural Creative\" src=\"\/innerpreneur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/mousecheese.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Written by Kim Candlish<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nI was on the cusp of puberty when Helen Reddy had her big hit, <em>I Am Woman (hear me roar)<\/em>.  It must have been pretty funny for my parents to watch me walk around the house singing, \u201cI Am Woman\u201d, or maybe a little bit frightful.  For one reason or another this song came to mind when I was looking around this website and I came across the subject of Culture Creative.<\/p>\n<p>So I asked myself the five questions to see if I roared.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you detest the emphasis modern culture has on success and making it, on consuming and being rich? <\/em><br \/>\nAnswer:  Well, I wouldn\u2019t use the word \u201cdetest\u201d but I do think there is much too strong an emphasis on it, leaving the \u201chave-nots\u201d out in the cold.  And I do like it when I have a little extra money to spend but I have come to really understand that it is not what really makes me happy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you care deeply about the environment and are willing to pay higher taxes and prices to improve the situation? <\/em><br \/>\nAnswer:  I do care deeply about the environment.  Sometimes I think I can even hear the earth and nature crying.  I am kind of on the fence about paying higher taxes since what I already pay is grossly mismanaged.  I would and do pay higher prices for eco-friendly products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you place a lot of emphasis on developing and maintaining your relationships?<\/em><br \/>\nAnswer:  Yes, I guess so.  Making time for friendships is the only way to have them.  I find it hard sometimes, it means putting something I might want to do for my own gratification on hold to spend time with those I have relationships with that I want to nurture.  I have found as I\u2019ve gotten older that the time invested in my friends is a tremendous investment.  One thing I have learned as I\u2019ve gotten older is when it\u2019s time to let one go too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you give a lot of importance to helping people and developing their unique talents? <\/em><br \/>\nAnswer:  I have a soft spot for the little guy.  I know how hard life can be and how easy it is to fall.  I do try to compliment people on small things, things that stand out to me as worthy.  And sometimes small comments can go a long way.  On the receiving end, I know that a positive comment can turn my whole day around, make me realize that yes, I can.  So I try to do that for others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you demand authenticity \u2013 at home and work, from businesses and politicians? <\/em><br \/>\nAnswer:  I think we are an apathetic nation when it comes to our politicians.  In recent years I have been asking authenticity of myself.  That in itself has been a big enough standard to live with and live up to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reading on, I can see that I fit more into the <strong>Core Creative<\/strong> subcategory.  It would be nice to see this philosophy expanding and actually having a place on earth.<\/p>\n<p>Some will be more socially active than others, I will be one who will be doing her part in her little corner, touching people with a ripple effect that I will be thankfully, not aware of.   I think I\u2019m more like the mouse who roared and I am perfectly happy with my piece of the cheese wheel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\"><strong>Kim Candlish<\/strong> is an artist, writer, mom, sister, daughter, seeker, spirit, garlic lover. Her blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebodhichicklet.blogspot.com\"><em>The Bodhi Chicklet<\/em><\/a>, is read by at least three other people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone frame size-full wp-image-14\" title=\"Mouse Cheese Cultural Creative\" src=\"\/innerpreneur\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/mousecheese.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Written by Kim Candlish<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nI was on the cusp of puberty when Helen Reddy had her big hit, <em>I Am Woman (hear me roar)<\/em>.  It must have been pretty funny for my parents to watch me walk around the house singing, \u201cI Am Woman\u201d, or maybe a little bit frightful.  For one reason or another this song came to mind when I was looking around this website and I came across the subject of <a title=\"The Cultural Creatives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2008\/09\/25\/innerpreneurship-and-the-bigger-movement-afoot\/\">Culture Creative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So I asked myself the five questions to see if I roared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-creativity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11097,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/11097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}